<s>
The	B-Application
Sinking	I-Application
City	I-Application
is	O
an	O
action-adventure	O
game	O
developed	O
by	O
Frogwares	O
and	O
inspired	O
by	O
the	O
works	O
of	O
horror	O
fiction	O
author	O
H	O
.	O
P	O
.	O
Lovecraft	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	B-Application
Sinking	I-Application
City	I-Application
was	O
released	O
for	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
,	O
PlayStation	B-Operating_System
4	I-Operating_System
and	O
Xbox	B-Device
One	I-Device
in	O
June	O
2019	O
,	O
for	O
Nintendo	B-Application
Switch	I-Application
in	O
September	O
2019	O
,	O
for	O
PlayStation	B-Device
5	I-Device
in	O
February	O
2021	O
and	O
for	O
Xbox	B-Device
Series	I-Device
X	I-Device
and	I-Device
Series	I-Device
S	I-Device
in	O
April	O
2021	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	B-Application
Sinking	I-Application
City	I-Application
is	O
an	O
open-world	O
detective	O
game	O
with	O
a	O
third-person	O
camera	O
perspective	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	B-Application
Sinking	I-Application
City	I-Application
takes	O
place	O
in	O
the	O
secluded	O
city	O
of	O
Oakmont	O
,	O
Massachusetts	O
in	O
the	O
1920s	O
,	O
a	O
place	O
that	O
is	O
not	O
marked	O
on	O
any	O
map	O
and	O
few	O
people	O
know	O
how	O
to	O
find	O
due	O
to	O
its	O
remoteness	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
When	O
planning	O
The	B-Application
Sinking	I-Application
City	I-Application
,	O
developer	O
Frogwares	O
envisioned	O
the	O
open-world	O
setting	O
of	O
Oakmont	O
as	O
a	O
densely-built	O
urban	O
area	O
that	O
was	O
two	O
kilometers	O
square	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
the	O
scope	O
of	O
this	O
made	O
handcrafting	O
the	O
entire	O
town	O
unfeasible	O
,	O
Frogwares	O
turned	O
to	O
Unreal	O
Engine	O
4	O
and	O
followed	O
the	O
example	O
of	O
city	O
generation	O
techniques	O
pioneered	O
in	O
Ubisoft	O
's	O
Assassin	B-Application
's	I-Application
Creed	I-Application
series	O
to	O
create	O
entire	O
blocks	O
of	O
Oakmont	O
at	O
once	O
through	O
procedural	O
generation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	B-Application
Sinking	I-Application
City	I-Application
was	O
announced	O
by	O
Frogwares	O
on	O
March	O
9	O
,	O
2016	O
,	O
with	O
pre-alpha	O
gameplay	O
footage	O
debuting	O
on	O
July	O
28	O
,	O
2017	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Frogwares	O
later	O
announced	O
that	O
The	B-Application
Sinking	I-Application
City	I-Application
would	O
be	O
a	O
one-year	O
timed-exclusive	O
release	O
for	O
the	O
Epic	O
Games	O
Store	O
on	O
PC	O
,	O
but	O
this	O
would	O
not	O
affect	O
the	O
console	O
releases	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
Nintendo	B-Application
Switch	I-Application
port	O
was	O
self-published	O
by	O
Frogwares	O
on	O
September	O
12	O
,	O
2019	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
release	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
for	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
,	O
PlayStation	B-Operating_System
4	I-Operating_System
and	O
Xbox	B-Device
One	I-Device
was	O
distributed	O
by	O
Bigben	O
Interactive	O
,	O
which	O
claimed	O
to	O
be	O
the	O
publisher	O
but	O
was	O
only	O
a	O
distribution	O
intermediary	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Bigben	O
Interactive	O
and	O
Focus	O
Home	O
Interactive	O
were	O
only	O
licensees	B-Application
which	O
do	O
not	O
possess	O
intellectual	O
properties	O
on	O
the	O
games	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Frogwares	O
was	O
previously	O
working	O
on	O
Call	B-Application
of	I-Application
Cthulhu	I-Application
in	O
collaboration	O
with	O
Focus	O
Home	O
Interactive	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
resulted	O
in	O
The	B-Application
Sinking	I-Application
City	I-Application
being	O
delisted	O
from	O
Steam	O
,	O
the	O
Epic	O
Games	O
Store	O
,	O
and	O
the	B-Device
Xbox	I-Device
One	I-Device
and	O
PlayStation	B-Operating_System
4	I-Operating_System
digital	O
storefronts	O
on	O
August	O
25	O
,	O
2020	O
pending	O
the	O
resolution	O
of	O
Frogwares	O
 '	O
legal	O
dispute	O
with	O
BigBen	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Nintendo	B-Application
Switch	I-Application
version	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
remained	O
available	O
on	O
the	O
Nintendo	O
eShop	O
,	O
as	O
that	O
version	O
had	O
been	O
self-published	O
by	O
Frogwares	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	B-Application
Sinking	I-Application
City	I-Application
received	O
"	O
mixed	O
or	O
average	O
"	O
reviews	O
according	O
to	O
Metacritic	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Jeff	O
Marchiafava	O
of	O
Game	O
Informer	O
summarized	O
:	O
"	O
The	B-Application
Sinking	I-Application
City	I-Application
shares	O
all	O
of	O
the	O
same	O
problems	O
of	O
Frogwares	O
 '	O
previous	O
games	O
,	O
but	O
it	O
also	O
capitalizes	O
on	O
the	O
same	O
strengths	O
.	O
</s>
